The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-29

TEE II
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL. |
To-Day's Doings.
CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Criminal Court room, evening
AMERICANW ESTERN TRoTTTNG ASSOCIATION
Executive Committee-Denson House. afternoon.
SOCIAL W. R. Chapman Post, evening. !
MISSOURI. l.. Dawsons
entertainment, evening.
HOME OF FRIENDLESS COLORED CHILDREN
meeting-465 North Alabama street, afternoon.
THE MUSEUM. s. Wood, in Life and Advent
lures of Jack Sheppard" afternoon and evening.
In Brief
Mr.. McKain is not merely the contractor for
its pedestal, but for the Colfax statue, as well.
Thieves entered the grocery of J. N. Watson
on Sunday night and carried away several boxes
of cigars and quantity of other goods.
John 10th, Henry Orbison and S. Wiegand
have been appointed mail weighers at this point.
Il. H. Hall has been selected for like duty at
Greencaste.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Ell
mer Petticord and Minnie B. Pollard, William
FL. Blue and Annie Blue, Scipio Dobbs and
Amanda Duncan.
The Democratic city central committee will
meet tonight in the Criminal Court room to
prepare for a convention TO nominate candidates
for Mayor and clerk
The managers of the Home for Friendless
Colored Children will meet this afternoon at the
residence Of Joseph Brown, No. 468 North Ala
bama street, at 2:30.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Malott paid into the
city treasury and received receipt for $50. O0O.
the Union railways share of the cost of improv-
Ing the Illlnols-street tunnel.
queensware firm of this city paid duty yes
terday at the Indianapolis custom house 282
crates of earthenware from Tunstall, England.
The import duty amounted to S., l00 30, the
largest amount ever paid here at one time.
The School Commissioners win consider at
their Friday evening meeting plans that they
hope will relieve them Of their present financial
difficulties Executive meetings will be held by
the board during the week looking to the same
end.
GOOD WORK.
One of the largest nights work ever accom-
plished by any secret organization was done by
the K. of p Lodge No. 81, last night. which
took nineteen candidates through the amplifed
third rank.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY APPOINTED.
The Governor has appointed Judge Milton S.
Mafity, of Paoli, as prosecuting attorney for the
judicial circuit of Monroe. Orange and Law
death of Abraham Noblett.
THE HIGH SCHOOL ART CLUB.
The most interesting meeting yet held of the
Historical Art Club of the Hish-school was
that of yesterday afternoon. ''Greek Art" was
the subject on which very interesting papers
were read by Lulu Morris, Olive Fletcher, Jessie
Dagges, Anna Minick and Ed Wood.
wIFE-BEATER ARRESTED.
Yesterday the wife of Robert Costello, living
at 124 Buchanan street, went before the city
prosecutor, and swore ont a warrant for the
rest of her husband for assault and battery. Her
face was covered with bruises and one ear was
nights assault. Costello was arrested last
night
ORATORS DIFFERENCES SETTLED.
The executive committee of the Indiana Ora
torical Association has emporarily adjusted the
differences of the warning societies, and the
annual contest will be held here Thursday. April
IA. After the dsgraceful affair of last year the
presidents of nearly all the colleges of the State
advocated the abandonment of the contest. but
as this was not accepted generally, they did the
next best thing, and brought about settlement
of the difficulty.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AS TO PRISONERS
Isaac &. Elliott, sentenced from the Howard
county court to two years in the penitentiary for
The communication Of Edward Tobin's sentence
to the penitentiary for robbery has been revoked
The Governor ordered his transfer to the Reform
School, but rhe officers there would not receive
him, because when he was there before he gave
his age at two years more than it was, in order
to shorten his term.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SELLERS.
Emory B. Sellers presented his commission as
United States district attorney. yesterday, and
in the afternoon took the oath of Office. His as
| sociate-Leon Bailey-in the high-handed
revolutionary schemes that the Democrats used
| in supporting Green Smith, will no doubt be his
assistant. although this appointment promises
| a renewal with greater vigor than ever of the
| Bynum- Bailey fight. Mr.. Sellers has resigned
his position as Senator
THE FAIRcHILD RECEPTION.
| The soldiers of central Indiana will be largely
| represented here at the reception Of General
| Fairchild to morrow evening The Grand Army
| badge will admit every old soldier to Tomlinson
! Hall, where the formal exercises are to be OBJ
served. Several speeches, by Generals Ben
Harrison. Tom Bennett, and others. will be de-
| livered. and there is to be singing of Grand
Army songs by the Mendessohn Society. Com
mander Chase will preside.
A DRuMMER's SUICIDE.
! A press telegram from Evansville this morn
| ing states that in chat city last night j. j. Pin
| cus, drummer for G. HI. Haskell g. Co., of Chi
cago, shot himself in the head while sitting in q
| saloon, and died at 10 o'clock in the city hos
| pital. He had been drinking heavily, and it is
| thought that this and poor business caused him
| to take his life Letters found on the dead mar
| indicate that his home is in Indianapolis. where
| he has family residing. He is about forty five
| years Of age. He had been there but few days
| DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS EXPECTED.
| q al 10 xa1 no ~.
Union Depot to morrow at noon, as he will leave
New York this morning for Kansas. whittier h,
goes to see a daughter. His stop here will b,
brief, only few minutes. and this Western tril
is said to be without political significance. Al